VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat old thing surprisingly still exists?message-squaremessage-square252linkfedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down10
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minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-224 hours agoBless you is such a weird way to respond to a sneeze though. Fitting for the clusterfuck the english language is tbh.
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoThe english language has a lot of religious language hidden away in expressions For example, goodbye is just a shortening of “god be with ye”
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoIn Germany we say (literally) “Health” as in “Get better”
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoLove the joke from (probably not actually) nazi times “Heil Hitler!” “Seh ich aus wie ein Arzt?” Or " Heil ihn selbst!" In english: “Heil Hitler” “do i look like a doctor?” Or “heal him yourself”
minus-squareclag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoFrom ancient Rome when they thought sneezing was an omen and may dislodge and expel the soul from the body (Pliny the Elder, Suetonius, Homer).
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoSure feels like that sometimes.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoStill weird that english uses it. Most other languages I k ow just say something about your health.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoSeinfeld suggested: “You’re soooo good looking!”
Bless you is such a weird way to respond to a sneeze though. Fitting for the clusterfuck the english language is tbh.
“langaige”
The english language has a lot of religious language hidden away in expressions
For example, goodbye is just a shortening of “god be with ye”
In Germany we say (literally) “Health” as in “Get better”
Love the joke from (probably not actually) nazi times
“Heil Hitler!” “Seh ich aus wie ein Arzt?” Or " Heil ihn selbst!"
In english: “Heil Hitler” “do i look like a doctor?” Or “heal him yourself”
Love it
I know. We do the same
From ancient Rome when they thought sneezing was an omen and may dislodge and expel the soul from the body (Pliny the Elder, Suetonius, Homer).
Sure feels like that sometimes.
Still weird that english uses it. Most other languages I k ow just say something about your health.
Seinfeld suggested: “You’re soooo good looking!”